FreeBSD 5.x / make installworld woes

[Edmund L. Wong]

Ruben -

Thanks for the prompt response.  When did this update
to statfs occur?  

I actually just joined the questions mailing list... I
will look into joining the current one as well.

I am actually using a kernel built on Nov 1 which is
the one that refuses to work with any of the basic
commands.  And make installworld also refuses to
continue because I think it uses some of the commands
that now fail (they all dump core, complaining of a
bad syscall.  I assume this is related to the statfs
change).

So I guess I will have to reinstall huh?

Thanks,
- Ed


--- Ruben de Groot <mail25 at bzerk.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 07:12:46AM -0800, Edmund L.
> Wong typed:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I am a relatively new FreeBSD user running a
> CURRENT
> > version of FreeBSD 5.x (I forget the number, but I
> > just rebuilt the kernel about a week ago).  When I
> ran
> > a make buildworld/installworld this morning after
> > updating my sources (via cvsup), the installworld
> > portion failed at some point.  Following this,
> most
> > functionality in my system now ceases to work
> > (including ls, rm, etc.).  I can get a prompt as
> root
> > but not much else.
>  
> Yes, this is a result of recent changes in statfs
> structure. Has 
> been announced and discussed on the -current mailing
> list (that you 
> really should be subscribed to when you want to
> follow -current).
> It has also been documented in UPDATING (allways a
> must when updating
> via cvsup).
> Adding to this, following -current is not
> recommended for new users
>
(http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/current-stable.html#CURRENT),
> so
> maybe you would be better of running -stable
> instead?
> 
> > I do realize now that it is recommened that I
> rebuild
> > the kernel, run mergemaster and reboot before
> doing
> > installworld.  But obviously its a bit late for
> that
> > now.
> 
> Maybe, maybe not... see below
> 
> > Is there any way this installation can be saved? 
> Or
> > must I reinstall from scratch now?  If so, is
> there a
> > recommended way of going about this such that I
> don't
> > lose any of my data (in my home directory)?
> 
> IF you build and installed a new kernel allready,
> you might save
> your installation just by rebooting into the new
> kernel, which is
> aware of the new 64-bit statfs and can still handle
> the old
> binaries. Reboot to single user mode and finish the
> installworld, 
> then boot multiuser and your fine again (hopefully)
> 
> Good luck,
> Ruben
> 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Ed
> > 
> > =====
> > edmund l wong
> > assistant staff : mit lincoln lab 
> > cs/ece alumni : carnegie mellon
> > 
> > ewong at alumni.cmu.edu
> > http://www.edmundlwong.com
> > 
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edmund l wong
assistant staff : mit lincoln lab 
cs/ece alumni : carnegie mellon

ewong at alumni.cmu.edu
http://www.edmundlwong.com

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